Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Chiara Martino Via Agrigento 10, 90141 Palermo (Italy) +393492979298 chiara.martino@unipa.it Sex Female | Date of birth 03 March 1986 | Nationality Italian WORK EXPERIENCE 01 January 2013–Present PhD student Prof Maria Roccheri, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 16, 90128 Palermo (Italy) - Adult sea urchins aquaculture - Paracentrotus lividus embryos culture - Proteins extraction - Western Blot - Total RNA extraction - One Step RT-PCR - TUNEL assay - Confocal microscopy - Acridine Orange vital staining - Whole-mount embryo immunofluorescence - Whole-mount in situ hybridization Business or sector Research 20 May 2011–25 March 2012 Trainee, preparation of Master’s thesis Dr. Valeria Matranga, Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology at the National Research Council (CNR) Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo (Italy) - Paracentrotus lividus embryos culture - Proteins extraction - Western Blot - Whole-mount embryo immunofluorescence - Whole-mount in situ hybridization Business or sector Research 18 August 2008–05 November 2008 Trainee, preparation of Bachelor’s thesis Prof. Annarosa Arcangeli, Department of Experimental Oncology and Pathology at the University of Firenze Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze (Italy) - Tumor cells culture - Bacterial culture - Bacterial recombinant protein expression - Bacterial electroporation - Lipofectamine cell trasfection - Dual-luciferase reporter assay system 6.3.14 © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 1 / 3 Curriculum Vitae Chiara Martino - Agarore gel electrophoresis Business or sector Research 10 June 2009–31 August 2009 Environmental Educator Palma Nana - WWF Via Caltanissetta 2b, 90141 Palermo (Italy) Group leader in the WWF camps for young people (6-17 years old) Business or sector Education, Environmental Protection 2005–2011 Private tutor Delivering private lessons to 12-17 year old children Business or sector Education January 2005–November 2006 Waitress "Buca Niccolini" Restaurant Via Ricasoli, 50100 Firenze (Italy) Business or sector Accommodation and food service activities EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2009–27 March 2012 Master degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology, awarded 110/110 cum Laude (with honours) Laurea magistrale University of Palermo Molecular and Developmental Biology January 2008–June 2008 Erasmus student Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 Physiology and Immunology 2005–12 November 2008 Bachelor degree in Biology, awarded 110 /110 Laurea di primo livello University of Firenze Molecular Oncology 1999–2004 High school diploma, awarded 100/100 Diploma di maturità classica Liceo Classico "G. Garibaldi" PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Italian Other language(s) 6.3.14 UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 French B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 2 / 3 Curriculum Vitae Chiara Martino Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF) B2 Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Communication skills Organisational / managerial skills Job-related skills I am a cheerful, open-minded and positive person with ability to establish and maintain good socialrelationships with people with different national and cultural backgrounds. My experience as member and group leader in activity and work camps of different nature (WWF, SCI - Service Civile International), together with study experiences abroad (Erasmus, AFS-Intercultura, english and french language courses), have helped me to acquire excellent organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a team. PADI Advanced Open Water Licence Related document(s): Computer skills Driving licence Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Power Point, Microsoft OfficeExcell and Internet Browsers. A1, B ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Publications Matranga V, Pinsino A, Bonaventura R, Costa C, Karakostis K, Martino C, Russo R, Zito F. Cellular and molecular bases of biomineralization in sea urchin embryos, Cah. Biol. Mar. (2013) 54: 467-478. Related document(s): Oral Presentation Regolazione genica e biomineralizzazione in embrioni di riccio di mare. Chiara Martino, Valeria Matranga IBIM-STEBICEF MEETING, june 2013, Palermo (Italy) Related document(s): Poster Gene expression and stress response in sea urchin embryos with skeleton defects caused by magnesium deprivation. Chiara Martino,Valeria Matranga 5th Bilateral Seminar Italy-Japan, november 2012, Palermo (Italy) Poster Lack of magnesium causes stress response and skeleton defects in Arbacia lixula sea urchin embryos C. Martino, C. Costa, M.C. Roccheri, V. Matranga ABCD congress, september 2013, Ravenna (Italy) 6.3.14 © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 3 / 3